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Payment is due on auctions within 3 days. Paypal only, NO E-CHECKS. Payment is due immediately on buy-it-now. Paypal only, NO E-CHECKS. I will combin... James Bond 'Spectre': Hornby to Sell 007 Toy Cars : Life : Auto World News James Bond 'Spectre': Hornby to Sell 007 Toy Cars Dec 05, 2014 03:00 PM EST | Matt Mercuro British toymaker Hornby has announced that it will release model vehicles based on the new James Bond film "Spectre." Hornby won the international license to sell Corgi and Scalextric-branded James Bond products and a new range is expected to be displayed during the London Toy Festival in January 2015, the company said on Friday, according to Reuters. Bond is back in the headlines this week after the big announcement that the 24th film will be called "Sprectre and will hit theater's next year.

Hornby Chief Executive Richard Ames said this week that the deal will continue a long partnership between the toy firm and the popular spy, one that traces back over 100 years. "James Bond has been a fantastic licensed partnership for our brands going back over 50 years with Corgi's Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger winning the very first toy of the year award in 1965," Ames said, according to Reuters. "Scalextric sets featuring the James Bond movie vehicles are always popular with our consumers and we are looking forward to seeing the new cars featured in the film," he added. Bond, which first hit screens back in 1962, has provided a big boost to a number of Britain's businesses during its unmatched movie run. Luxury automaker Aston Martin said on Thursday that it would supply Bond once again with his favorite car by building a brand new sports vehicle called the DB10. Only 10 of the specially-designed vehicles will be made, according to Reuters.

"In the same year that we celebrate our 50-year relationship with 007, it seems doubly fitting that today we unveiled this wonderful new sports car created especially for James Bond," Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said in a statement . "To be partnering once again with EON Productions is great news for this company and for everyone around the world that loves to see Bond at the wheel of an Aston Martin." Daniel Craig, who will play Bond for the fourth time, is joined by Christoph Waltz, Lea Seydoux, Dave Bautista, Andrew Scott and Monica Bellucci in "Spectre" which is set to be released in November 2015. Toys are expected to be shipped out during the second have of 2015. © 2017 Auto World News, All rights reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Related Articles "Toys of Christmas Past" | Did you know that toys and games … | Flickr Paul Townsend By: Paul Townsend "Toys of Christmas Past" Did you know that toys and games have been part of childhood for thousands of years? As early as 4000 B.C. (before Christ), games became a source of entertainment.

At that time, people of Babylon played a game that preceded the present day game of chess. 4000 BC - A Babylonian game, which is the ancestor of modern draughts begins to be played 3000 BC - First Game resembling modern Backgammon is played in Sumeria. 2000 BC - Stone marbles first used in Egypt. 1000 BC - Kites appear in China. Stone Yo-Yos begin to be used in Greece 600 BC - An ancestor of chess called ‘Chaturanga’ is played in India. 1759 - Roller skates are invented by Joseph Merlin. Victorian Era - Victorian children had fewer toys than you have today. Poor Children - Poor families made their own, such as cloth-peg dolls and paper windmills. Children would save their pocket money to buy marbles, a spinning top, skipping ropes, kites or cheap wooden toys. Rich Children had rocking horses with real horse hair manes, and dolls houses full of beautifully-carved miniature furniture. Other popular toys for rich children included china or wax dolls for the girls and clockwork train sets for the boys.

Girls played with dolls and tea sets whilst boys played with toy soldiers and marbles. During Victorian times, people became fascinated by toys that made pictures move. One of the earliest and simplest of these was the thaumatrope. This is a disc with a picture on either side that is attached to two pieces of string or a stick. When you spin the disc quickly, the two pictures appear to combine into one. 1901 - Meccano goes on sale in the UK. Invented by Frank Hornby in Liverpool, it captures the spirit of the age with a challenging construction toy. One of the century's leading toy makers and creator of Hornby train sets (1920, and see 1925) and Dinky Toys, Hornby died in 1936. 1902 - In the USA, the Teddy Bear is created by a Russian emigrants Morris MiTchtom who had seen a report of US President Teddy Roosevelt who declined to shoot a bear cub while out hunting. Clifford Berryman's celebrated newspaper cartoon captured this moment and Mitchcom launched his range of "Teddy" bears in his Brooklyn shop.

German toymaker, Margarete Steiff began making jointed toy animals including bears, and they were also able to cash in on the teddy bear craze in the USA, which spread worldwide. 1903 - Edwin Binney & Harold Smith patent the first ‘Crayola’ crayons. 1908 - Plasticine goes on sale. 1909 - Kewpie Doll-devised by Rosi O’Neill patented in 1935 1910 - Daisy Air Rifles go on sale. 1914 - Tinker Toys - interlocking construction toy. 1914 - Frank Hornby manufactures ‘0 Gauge’ Clockwork model trains 1925 - The first electric ‘Hornby’ train appears..Hornby produce the first electric train sets in the world. 1928 - Mickey Mouse is created by Walt Disney. The licensed toy is born. Dolls from 1930 1929 - Duncan Yo-Yo’s are first launched in Los Angeles when Frank Duncan saw waiters from the Philippines playing with their tradit-ional Yo-Yo.

It can be traced back to Ancient Greece - in the Philippines it was a weapon (like a boomerang) for hunting and war until later it became a sporting item then later a plaything. In 1930 Frank Duncan brought over demonstrators to Europe to play the music halls - and the craze took off. 1930 - Charlotte Cla in the USA starts making Micky Mouse dolls based on the first Disney cartoon first screened in 1928. 1932 - US architect, Alfred Butt begins work on what will become the board game, Scrabble. He calls it Lexico. (See 1940) In Denmark, Ole Kirk Christiansen started his Lego toy company. Lego means 'play well' in Danish. (leg godt). Later he discovered Lego in Latin means 'to put together'. 1934 - Corgi starts to manufacture toy cars and other models. In 1965 their model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film became the very first BATR Toy of the Year. 1935 - Monopoly arrives in the UK.

Invented in the USA by Charles Darrow in 1933, patent filed 31st August 1935 while on sale in America. It was made under licence in the UK by Waddingtons. Darrow died in 1967. 1935 - Minibrix made by the Premo Rubber Co. using the studs and cavity device which paved the way for plastic interlocking bricks pioneered by Hilary Page in the 1940s. 1943 - Richard James, researching a suspension device develops the Slinky. It goes on sale in 1945. 1948 - Criss Cross Words invented by Alfred Butt (originally Lexico) fails to sell well and is sold to James Brunot who changes the name to Scrabble. Sales average just 8,000, but from 1953 - 55 it suddenly takes off - sales reach 4.5million sets. 1949 - Leeds-based Waddington's produces mystery board-game, Cluedo. This year (1999) it celebrated its 50th birthday. 1949 - Ole Christiansen, invents Lego bricks.

Just six bricks will fit together in 102,981,500 ways ! 1950 - Disney's latest release, Cinderella, spawns toy products. Meanwhile, Disney was telling the toy industry to gear up for their next full-length cartoon, Alice in Wonderland, out in 1951. Popular Toys: a wind-up Cinderella dancing doll (with Prince) and Palitoy's Archie Andrew Ventro Doll...Minibrix, 'the world's finest toys' from Dean & Son, Flying Saucer from Cascelloid, Electric Contact Quiz - 'lights up your party - mysterious, unique, amusing' - claims the makers, Spears. Other events: First Toy Fair in Harrogate. First meeting of the NATR - the toy retailers association. 1951 - best selling toys: Alice (from Alice in Wonderland film), Talking Eggs from Selcol with a crank-handle to make Humpty Dumpty squeak (6/9d) - about 32p...Muffin the Mule push-along toy by Kohnstam...Kiddicraft's 'Sensible' range of cot and pram toys designed by Hilary Page.

1951 - A Muffin The Mule push-along toy is the best seller this year. 1952 - Mr Potato Head is launched. Jack O’dell creates the first Matchbox car. 1952 - Popular toys: Crazy Ball from Louis Marx...Negro dolls from Pedigree called Mary Lou and Dixie...Flop: Loopo, a game with a ball and small hand-held loop promoted as 'the sensation of the year'...Lines Brothers, Britain's largest toymaker celebrated its 70th birthday... 1953 - A ‘Little Princess’ doll designed by Norman Hartnell is launched to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. 1953 - Pedigree launch dolls with 'flesh-like' vinyl plastic heads with 'hair that grows out of their heads!' using a "Angela, the doll with magic flesh" - it also has 'sleeping' eyes and lashes.

Another pedigree doll out this Coronation year, is Little Princess dressed by Norman Hartnell...retailers read for the first time that out-of-town shopping centres are being tried out in the USA...Dean's Rag Books are 50 years old...New Toys: Flower pot Men based on the TV series. Wembley - the football board game, Keywords (from Waddingtons) which has some similarities to Scrabble. Novelty Toys: Atom Bomber with A-bombs with automatic releases, and Slinky, the toy that slithers down steps - still a big seller to this day. 1954 - Sooty appears on TV and turns out to be an actual Chad Valley glove puppet...sales soar. The British Toy & Hobby Association hold their first Toy Fair in Brighton. New Toys: Dan Dare Rota Spinner for the beach...and at Christmas: Matchbox vehicles, Painting By Numbers. Scrabble arrives. 1955 - Scrabble sold in the UK by Spears begins to grow in popularity. Scoop from Waddingtons challenges.

1956 - New Game: Beat the Clock (Spears) based on the game on TV's Sunday Night at the Palladium...Flops: New Footy Table Soccer as recommended by Stanley Matthews, and Newcrikit , recommended by Freddie Trueman...the Corgi Model Club formed...Triang T-T Gauge trains launched...Radio comedian (and chairman of Chad Valley) Kenneth Horne is seen on TV trying out the new Rise'n'Shine shaving kit and beauty shop - the first seen on TV...and the launch of the sputnik inspires the Bleep Bleep satellite toy. 1956 - A Mr B. Francis puts small electric motors in his scale models of cars and ‘Scalectrix’ is born. 1957 - Combex brings out the Sooty toothbrush flute...and following the Disney film's release, a rash of Davy Crockett hats and toys. 1958 - New: The Hula - Hoop arrives! 20 million sold in the first year. Scalextric electric model racing first introduced...but whatever happened to Pictorama which can create 14 million different combinations of pictures?

It's the 50th birthday for Plasticine...and Frisbees (invented 1957 at the Frisbee Pie Factory) compete for attention. 1959 - Barbie is created by Ruth Handler, and is named after her daughter Barbara. 1959 - Stanley Matthews endorses Frido playballs. Selling well: Matchbox's Scammel Breakdown truck, Board Games: Careers, and Wack-O (based on Jimmy Edward's TV series) 1960 - For the first time, the Brighton Toy Fair allows imported toys to be shown. The craze that swept France, Loopyloop is predicted to sweep Britain...it doesn't...Lego is seen at the Toy Fair for the first time...plastic kits dominate the market and toy market (at retail) is worth £85m through 11,000 outlets. 1961 - A mini-boom in costume dolls...Airfix launch their Betta Bilda sets at 10 shillings each (50p)...Fuzzyfelt bring out Noddy finger puppets, Scalextrics slot car racing sets, and trains are amongst this year's top sellers.

1962 - Tipped as the craze of the year, Airtoy's Spinning Satellite...it isn't. Dinky launch Ford Fairlane, Corgi offer a model Silverstone with pit stops, Chad Valley launches the Give-a-show projector...Barbie and boy friend Ken impress US market...the Pogo stick is fun again...and Dinky's First Engine is the first ever with flashing lights. 1963 - The board game, Diplomacy arrives...Matchbox offer cars with doors that open...and there is 'the greatest money spinner ever from Frido' - Disky Discs and goal posts to play '1-dimensional football'. 1964 - The latest craze: Booma Boomerang, Corgi is 30 years old and celebrates by introducing Corgi Classics...Diana Dors promotes the Trolls. 1965 - Dr Who and the Daleks on TV and toys available this Christmas...the James Bond Aston Martin Car is the big seller and will be the first ever Toy of the Year (to be announced as it will be in future in January of the following year at the NATR Dinner).

Waddington's launch Spyring board game, and the Noise Abatement Society complains about the V-rroom roar maker fitted to bicycles...the Gonks arrive to challenge Trolls...Denys Fisher launch the Spirograph. Craze that never was - Nik Nok - cup and ball game. 1965 - The James Bond Aston Martin from Corgi is the most popular toys this year. A version of the toy is still on sale today. 1966 - Action Man, the first ‘Doll For Boys’ is launched and is a massive success. Toy of the year this year will be Action Man - causing a sensation as the first doll for boys...for girls there is Tiny Tears. To rival Action man, Pedigree launch Tommy Gunn. Another craze that never was: Ippy Op - ball come skipping rope...but party game, Twister is a success. 1967 - Spiro-Graph is toy of the year. Rolf Harris Stylophone (Musical toy with a strangely annoying pitch. Apparently invented by accident the Stylophone enjoys cult popularity among musicians and has been used by bands as diverse as David Bowie and Blur.

1968 - Sindy is top doll and will win Toy of the Year. Ride-a-Roo ball is launched, as are Joe 90 products, Beatles's Yellow Submarine, and the Go Car game which includes a breathalyser test as a hazard. Other new products: a multi-cube game called Instant Insanity and Glow-Globs, modelling compound that glows in the dark, and paintwheels. 1969 - Hot Wheels cars will win Toy of the Year. The Newton's Cradle (Klikkies) sells well...but Tic Tac Tosser has a shorter life. 1970 - Sindy wins Toy of the Year for a second time...the NATR launches their Toy Token scheme..."The computer is becoming such an important part of our lives that a mini-computer for kids is in the office"...Super markets begin selling toys, and Matchbox makes 900 redundant. 1971 - Space Hoppers, inflatable orange bouncers with horns for handles. Klackers, a modernised version of conkers that made a very annoying ‘Klick Klack’ sound and lead to dozens of imitations. Katie Kopycat writing doll wins Toy of the Year.

The giant Lines Brothers collapses, the arrival of Space Hopper, Craze of the year Clackers or Klik Klaks – first seen on Spanish beaches. Fun Bubbles sell over 7 million in first year. 1972 - Plasticraft modelling kits win Toy of the Year. 1973 - The first Game of the Year - Invicta's Mastermind...a shortage of plastic causes problems...children's pocket money averages 9p. New dolls: Disco Girl, Chelsea Girl, Daisy. Toy guns concern when gunmen using toy guns are shot dead by police outside India House. 1973 - Mastermind, a game that had nothing to do with the TV show and everything to do with cracking the code of your opponents coloured plastic pegs. 1974 - Magna Doodle. The magnetic drawing toy which was invented in Japan by pen engineers trying to create a clean mess free chalk. 1975 - Wombles. Womblemania hit the UK and Womble toys where everywhere. 1976 - Raw Power. A handle that you added to your bike and ‘revved’ to create the sound of an engine.

1977 - Slime, a bright green PVA based blob that came in little plastic pots and ruined many a households soft furnishings! Othello, the strategy game of Black & White counters. Holly Hobbie, dolls based on the popular character. Skateboards, 1977 saw the high point of the 1970’s skate craze and featured thin ‘surfboard’ style boards. 1978 - Star Wars, after the release of the movie the previous year the toys soon followed and became one of the most successful movie licenced properties of all time, the toys dominated toy shops until the middle 1980’s when their popularity waned. Simon, the electronic game where you followed a sequence of lights and sounds before you threw it across the room in sheer frustration! 1979 - Space Lego, the humble building brick went where no man had gone before. Stop Boris, a game where you stopped Boris, a creepy spider, with a light gun. 1980 - Rubiks Cube, invented by Hungarian designer Erno Rubik over 100 million of these tricky little puzzles were sold between 1980 and 1982.

1981 - Lego Train. Lego launches their first electric ‘train set’ which featured strangely enough blue rails! 1982 - BMX Bikes, everybody went BMX crazy, BMX is short for Bicycle Motocross. ZX Spectrum, the first ‘affordable’ home gaming computer arrived in UK households. 1983 - My Little Pony, based on an Animated TV series there was an entire world of small plastic horses and accessories to collect. My Little Pony went on to become one of the most successful girls toy concepts of all time. Boys did not miss out this year as they got He Man & The Masters Of The Universe which followed the same based on animation format and became one of the most successful boys toy concepts of all time. 1984 - Care Bears. Following the successful ‘toys from an animated series’ format from the previous year the Care Bears arrived from Care-a-Lot. Shortly before Christmas Cabbage Patch Kids, created by artist Xavier Roberts also arrived and created chaos in toy shops across the land as parent competed to buy one of the sought after dolls.

The Board game Trivial Pursuit was the best selling board game in 1984 and dolls based on popular Pop Stars Michael Jackson and Boy George was also big hits. 1985 - Transformers, robots in disguise. These ‘action figures’, which transformed from vehicle to robot and back, again confounded parents and delighted children. Optimus Prime was THE toy to have in 1985 and lead to huge shortages of product. 1986 - In this World Cup year the playground graze was Panini Football stickers. If you managed to complete an album you were a playground hero. 1987 - Sylvanian Families, a range of cute and cuddly animals with play-sets and vehicles. Rubiks Magic, a follow up to the Rubiks Cube. 1988 - Ghostbusters, based on the popular movie and animated series, children across the land strapped on ‘proton packs’ and set out to capture ghosts. Slimer, one of the lead characters was also a firm favourite in toy shops, along with the vehicle Ecto-1. 1989 - Another hit movie, another toy shop success.

The Tim Burton movie ‘Batman’ breathed new life into an old favourite and Batmania swept the UK. 1990 - Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael, the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles arrived in toy shops and where an immediate hit. Originating in the US from a comic book the original word ‘Ninja’ in the title was replaced with ‘Hero’ in the UK for fears that it would violent connotations with parents. 1991 - Nintendo launched Game Boy in the UK. 1992 - Thunderbirds enjoyed a re-birth this year and dads of a certain age across the land re-lived there childhoods with their children. Shortages of the most popular toy, Tracey Island were so severe that Blue Peter ran an episode where the showed you how to make your own…. 1993 - Power Rangers, the TV show arrived on our screens and children’s TV has not been the same since. Toys based on the show sold out immediately.

1994 - Magic Eye Pictures were all the rage and toys and puzzles featuring these pictures within pictures prompted even more people to ask ‘can you see it?’ 1995 - POGS, small cardboard disks stormed into playgrounds and became a huge craze. Star Wars toys start production again after a short hiatus, 1970’s kids are now adults and collect the toys out of nostalgia but a new generation of kids also embraces the saga. 1996 - Toy Story, the animated film from Pixar was a huge hit in the cinema and toys from the movie were more than elusive. Parents went to desperate measures to secure a Buzz Lightyear doll. The rights to produce toys from the film went to a small independent Canadian toy company who simply could not cope with the demand. Why? Because all of the major toy manufacturers turned down the chance to make Toy Story merchandise, as they felt that the movie would never catch on. Corinthian figures, small figurines of football stars with oversized heads were the hot collectible and equally popular with adults and child collectors. 1997 - The year of T, Teletubbies, Tamagotchi and TY Beanie Babies are toy shop best sellers.

1998 - The humble Yo Yo returns as the craze of the year, after last being seen in the 1950’s and the 1970’s. The ProYo II is the Yo Yo of choice. Just before Christmas the interactive pet, Furby arrives in toy shops. 1999 - A board game based on the hit TV quiz show ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ is the best selling board game. Toys and games based on Pokemon the Nintendo game prove to be quite popular. The firm favourite are the trading cards hundreds of millions of which are sold, swapped and traded across the globe. 2000 - Robotic Pets and Aluminium Folding Scooters are this year crazes. They are also accompanied by another familiar face, The Thunderbirds return again and Tracey Island is another Christmas best seller. 2001 - Bob The Builder toys are big hits, Folding Scooters continue to be the must have accessory for both kids and style guru’s alike. Closely followed by Pogo Sticks which enjoyed a resurgence of interest this year.

2002 - Bratz Dolls, steal some of Barbie’s position as top fashion doll, a place she has held since she was born in 1959. Beyblades, customizable spinning tops and Micropets, miniature robotic pets are the favourite crazes 2003 - Beyblades continue to be the playground craze closely followed by Yucky Yo Balls, fluid filled stretchy balls on an elastic string. However Yucky Yo Balls are swiftly banned by the government over safety fears. This is the first time that the government has banned a toy in over 10 years. 2004 - Toy of the Year 'Terrain Twister' radio controlled vehicle. 2005 - Fisher-Price top-selling Dora's Talking House" 2006 - The overall winner of the title Toy Of The Year 2006 was awarded to the Dr Who Cyberman Voice Changer Mask. This Voice Changer is a replica Cyberhead that will give you a robotic voice. It features speech, sound effects and lights! It has 3 play buttons, one that plays Cyberman phrases, one that changes your voice into that of the Cybermen and one with Cyber weapon sound effects.

2007 - The Toy of the Year Award was given to Blanket Time Iggle Piggle Dancing Soft Toy, from the massively popular 'In The Night Garden'. Boys Toy of the year was chosen as the Ben 10 Omnitrix FX, which is like a wrist watch which transform Ben into different alien superheroes. 2008 - Toy of the Year Ben 10 Action figures 10" and 15" - Pre School Toy of the Year Kidizoom camera, Vtech - Collectable toy of the Year Go Go Crazy Bones - Construction toy of the year is Lego - Girls range toy of the year is Sylvanian families. - Boys range of the year is Ben 10, Bandai - Girls toy of the year is FurReal Biscuit my lovin' pup. 2009 - Last year the toy of the year award as voted by the Toy Retailer Association went to the Ben 10 series. The year before it went to a set of toys from In the Night Garden. The theme seems to be a toy connected to a popular children's television character and this will probably be the same pattern for the best selling toy of 2009/2010.

Young children love toys that are familiar, toys that they identify with the television characters that they see. In 2008 the pre school toy of the year was again, In the Night Garden and toys such as Star Wars and toys featuring Thomas the Tank engine (pre school toys of the year in 2005) regularly win toy awards. Hasbro is the largest toy manufacturer in the world. The 20th century saw the invention of dozens of much-loved toys as well. Still-popular board games like Tripoley, Sorry and Monopoly have been around since the 1930s, and Crayola Crayons are more than 100 years old! Twister, made by a division of Hasbro, sold more than 3 million games within a year of its release in 1966. It has sold more than 22 million since then. Toys aren't always a hit the year, or even the decade, they're created. Unemployed architect Alfred Mosher Butts invented the game of Scrabble, which he first called "Lexiko" and later "Criss-Cross Words," in the 1930s.

Entrepreneur James Brunot acquired the game in 1947, but it wasn't until 1953, when the president of Macy's — now owned by retail giant Federated Department Stores — discovered the game on vacation that things really took off. More than 100 million sets have since been sold worldwide. The fortunes of other playthings are more cyclical. Troll dolls, which hit big during the 1960s, had all but disappeared by the 1980s until troll nostalgia ushered in a second boom in the early 1990s. As Generation Xers grow older, toys like Cabbage Patch Kids, now made by Mattel, and Koosh balls could stage a comeback as well. And there's serious money to be had. Mr. Potato Head, made in 1952 by Hasbro's Playskool unit, was the first toy advertised on television, and it grossed more than $4 million in its first year (that's $30 billion in 2005 dollars). Play-doh, which was originally designed for cleaning wallpaper, made inventor Joseph McVicker a millionaire by his 27th birthday.

And Mattel sells an astounding 1.5 million Barbie dolls each week — that's two dolls per second. Done Business Quiz Part 3 - Business Quiz Questions and Answers Business Quiz Part 3 - Business Quiz Questions and Answers Last updated on 7 Aug, 2010 by Editor This is third part of the business quiz series with questions & answers. These are all the business quiz questions added so far with answers. This business quiz is being provided to with an emphasis on the international business brands, taglines of multinational companies, airlines & different countries. It is a very nice collection of business quiz questions with answers. If you have more questions and answers to be added to this business quiz, then you are most welcome to share them in your comments. Business Quiz Questions & Answers - Part 3 Question: What was the first country to issue postage stamps? Answer: Great Britain Question: What was the name of the Japanese virtual pets that became very popular throughout the world in 1997? Answer: Tamagotchi Question: Which company who make toy cars and other models won the first toy of the year award in 1965 for a model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film?

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Answer: The MacMahons Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 C270 History of the 270 and its earlier smaller brother, the 261. Should you wish to know a little bit about this cars development please read on. The Corgi 261 and 270: The 261 was THE car that propelled Corgi into becoming the dominant force in the diecast toy market in the late 60's and 70's. It was released in October 1965 and was an outright smash hit with the children of the day. Why was it so in demand? Simply, because it was jam packed full of features and was a miniature work of engineering genius. Most diecast cars of this age (particularly Dinky cars) had very few (if any) gimmicks or features. The 261 had an, opening roof, ejector seat, bullet proof rear shield and telescopic overriders. Factor in the ejectable baddie, the accessory pack and 2 stage box and this was THE only toy to have at Christmas 1965.

A casualty of packing in all these features was the spring 'Glidematic' suspension - with plastic suspension being fitted instead. This was a shame as this was a weak point of the 261, and the subsequent 270, with the plastic becoming fragile with age and use resulting in often broken or damaged suspension units. The DB5 from the film was silver so why did Corgi paint the the 261 gold? This was simply because the silver paint Corgi initially proposed to use looked too much like the Zinc base metal that the car was made from and so it didn't look as though it had been painted. With not enough time to find a suitable paint before the models release date Corgi painted it Gold in reference to the films title. Corgi obviously wanted to correct this and the 270 was put on the drawing board. Slightly bigger than the 261, the 270 packed in even more features!!! All those from the 261 remained but additionally, the number plates rotated - as per the film - and a pair of 'tyreslashers' were added to the rear wheels.

Initially, the 270 was shipped in a bubble box with a similar instruction envelope, similar baddies and the same lapel badge as the 261. The instruction sheet was different, obviously, also it was red/black/white as opposed to blue/black/white for the 261. The most noteable addition was a set of 9 number plate stickers. Somewhere around 1969/1970, the box was changed to a window box (predominantly coloured blue and yellow - similar to the 1st 267 Batmobile window box). This is one rare beastie as it had a short production run; it was replaced by the darker blue window box. The instructions changed to black and white around the time of the window box introduction - I'm not sure if any 1st window box cars shipped with colour intructions and would appreciate any thoughts/advice on this. Finally, the lapel badge changed to the 'Luger' style one as used for the 336 Toyota.

Chapter One - The James Bond DB5 Story Begins My first recollection of James Bond was a birthday treat in the early 1970s to see a re-run of Dr No with my father and a couple of school friends. I don’t recall much of the day, only the sheer excitement and awe of the experience and the final seconds of Dr No, before he slipped beneath the radioactive broth, unable to cease his descent owing to the lack of grip you get from metal hands on metal railings. I was, from that day, hooked on Bond and had as my most favoured toy, a silver die-cast model with more gadgets than you could shake a stick at. This was the Corgi 270, the “New” James Bond Aston Martin DB5. What I did not appreciate at the time was that this model was the second James Bond DB5 that Corgi had produced and that it would turn out to be the most famous car of all time. This site is dedicated to my formative memory of Bond and that toy car which I rediscovered some 30 years later in a brick-a-brack store at a local market.

Co-incidentally this discovery was preceded by a chance visit to the Exeter Toy Fair where I spied upon a silver DB5, which while in mint condition was without its box and still priced up at £45; on further study I noticed the Made in China stamp on the base, pointing to it being a later release and started to think, if only I had kept hold of my childhood model. Following these unrelated events, the die was cast and whether I liked it or not, the obsessive fire within was lit and my search was on to rediscover the world of Corgi’s James Bond DB5. This is my story, told with the help of those who have followed this path before, of how fine a line it is between a healthy interest and an obsession, a nerd and a geek (a geek by the way knows he is a geek) and that if anything is worth doing it is worth doing to excess! Most importantly, this is the story of Corgi and the James Bond DB5.

Chapter Two - The First Issue 1965 - 1968 The first Corgi Aston Martin DB5 was born out of a meeting held by Eon Productions, owners of the James Bond franchise, in the summer of 1965 to discuss the promotion of their next Bond film, Thunderball. Until now, 007 merchandising had focused, as had the film producers, on the adult audiences but with this 4th Bond film due to feature more gadgets than ever before the potential of appealing to a broader audience and the opportunity to extend merchandising into the then lucrative and untapped toy market was an attraction which could not be missed. Present at this meeting was Playcraft Toys Ltd, the subsidiary company of Mettoy, responsible for the manufacture of diecast toys. Following this meeting agreement was reached for Playcraft to release the first Corgi Aston Martin DB5 (C261) in October 1965 , two months before the release of Thunderball and almost a year after the DB5 first hit the screen and was seen by audiences around the world in Goldfinger.

The model was a instant success and by the end of the year, after only three months, sales were sufficient to earn Playcraft the award of “Best Boys Toy of 1965”. Although in the films Goldfinger and Thunderball, Bond’s DB5 was silver, the Corgi marketing team felt, when looking at the early prototypes, that customers would think the model was unpainted and a radical decision was reached to release the model painted gold! Whether one of the team also suggested that a gold model would relate better to its film origins is just a wild thought of mine is probably just that, the truth of the matter though, is that the first Corgi James Bond DB5 was gold. The model was launched at a cost 9s 11d, around 50p in today’s money and a month’s pocket money in 1965, but this did nothing to deter buyers as by the end of 1966, Playcraft had sold a staggering 2.7 million models! Three designers set about the retooling of the existing DB4, withdrawn from production to make way for the DB5, to completed the DB5 in time for the 1965 Christmas launch.

The model was made up of 28 separate parts and it is said that the tooling of this car cost in the region of £45,000. The one error in the first model, only spotted by Aston Martin owners and those with an obsessive eye for detail was that the model passed through quality control with the DB4’s rear end, noticeable by the different light cluster and single petrol cap! Corgi was perhaps the most innovative die-cast manufacturer of the period, placing its closest rival Dinky in the shade. It was therefore, not surprising, although it was in its day, that Corgi should release a model of such a small scale with so many gadgets. Within the 1:46 scale, 97mm casing, the engineers fitted an ejector seat, front mounted machine guns and bumper rams and a rear bullet-proof screen; all of which were operated by depressing secret buttons and levers secreted around the car, the bullet-proof screen, for instance was raised by pushing in the exhaust pipes.

There was only one version of the C261 produced, although due to the high demand, two castings were actually used in the manufacture and this resulted in two undocumented differences in the models produced, namely: a slight variation in the front wing vent slots and rear light clusters, only noticeable if you have both versions to compare and contrast. The packaging of the Corgi model was also unsurpassed by Playcraft’s competitors. Its design of an inner sleeve also acting as a display plinth and hidden compartment store for the secret instructions which accompanied the model was unique and a feature repeated on subsequent Corgi releases. The C261 came with two packaging variants: for both the outer boxes were in the traditional blue and yellow colour scheme, but on some of the plinths produced the words “Secret Instructions” were printed within an arrow shape and the exterior of some outer boxes had a thick black line drawn around the words “James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5”. 1965 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 261 - scale 1/43 with box first edition 1965 - Corgi James Bond D.B.

5 - N° 261 - scale 1/43 with box second edition I never got to see the C261 DB5 in my youth. It was routing around in a box of various diecast models of a small brick-a-brack store at a local market back in April 2008 that I laid eyes on my first C261. It was a battered example, but everything was in working order. I had at the time not known of a metallic gold variant, other than the gold plated limited editions that I had clocked in stores in the 1990s, but this one was different. I noted that the base reported that is was “Made in Gt Britain” so had an inkling it was old, just how old I could not be sure. It was price tagged at £12.50, I offered £10 and the purchase was completed. On returning home, I checked the web, I learned that this piece of worn gold painted metal, fashioned into the shape of a Bond’s DB5 with gadgets a go-go, was a 43 years old C261, the first edition of the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5.

I needed to know more. This was point at which my rediscovery turned into an obsession. Chapter THREE - The NEW One 1968 - 1976 By 1968 the sale of Corgi diecasts was at an all time high. The Bond film of the previous year, You only live twice, had given us a new 007 Corgi in the form of the incredibly detailed Toyota 2000GT. This increase in demand and desire for greater detail led Playcraft to re-launch the James Bond DB5 with even more features. In February 1968, having sold just short of 4 million models, the C261 was retooled and increased slightly in size to 1:43 scale. The re-launch was completed with the “New” James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (C270) painted this time in silver birch to match the film version and incorporating not only the Q Branch gadgets of the previous model, but also revolving number plates and rear tyre slashers. This was the favoured toy model, I remember having back in the early 1970s as a child.

The packaging was also updated, the carton box was replaced with a plastic blister pack containing the model sitting on a plinth similar to that of the first issue. As before, the plinth contained the “Secret Instructions”, now printed in red and an updated lapel badge, the spare baddie, and a sheet of number plate stickers to affix to the new front & rear revolving number plates. Both Bond and baddie were hand painted and the red interior slightly darker than before. The bumpers and grill were separate castings and the fuel filler caps and rear light clusters now corrected. What a package! 1968 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 270 - scale 1/43 For those with a keen eye, in the transfer from film to model, Playcraft made a couple of number plates changes: while the Swiss plates were correct (LU 6789), the French plates lost the final two digits (62) and the British plates used the James Bond 007 reference (JB 007 GB) rather than the car’s real number plate (BMT 216 A).

Very early models came with silver-plated bumpers and front grill but these were very soon changed to gold plate and thus the gilt version is the more common. This model was re-released as a limited edition in 1995, and collectors can easily identify the original by the words “New” and “Made in Great Britain” embossed into the base of the model; indeed, by the time the later version was released, the manufacture of the Corgi diecasts had long been moved to China. At the time of its release in February 1968, the C270 was on sale for 11/- (55p), by August 1969 it had risen to 11/6 (57p). During 1971 with decimalisation the price became 68p, in 1972 this rose to 69p and by August 1975 the car’s price had risen to £1.15.

Putting this all into context, in July 2008, 40 years after it’s release, a MIB blister pack model sold on eBay for the incredible sum of £556.56, that is some return on investment! The value of the diecast model is increased in later years by virtue of having the box it came in when first purchased. As most children are interested in the toy within rather the box in which it came, few complete models exist beyond the first few days of purchase, thus models with their boxes are highly sought after and attract a higher value. This is simply the law of supply and demand. So what of the boxes and what should the collector be looking for? In 1970 the blister packaging was replaced with a window box of the similar size and utilised artwork of the original. There were two variations, although very slight: the first had Playcraft’s name printed on the reverse which was in a later release was altered to Mettoy-Playcraft. 1970 - Corgi James Bond D.B.

5 - N° 270 - scale 1/43 The now-familiar blue, yellow and purple striped design, synonymous with the Corgi diecast range, appeared in 1973 together with a slightly larger box. On the reverse of this window box was printed the an advertisement for two other Corgi TV/Film vehicles: The Batmobile and James Bond’s Moonbuggie from Diamonds are Forever. Instructions were now to be found printed on the underside and this was the last time that “Secret Instructions” envelope was provided. 1973 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 270 - scale 1/43 The instructions with this model were printed in either black or blue, and with them were supplied the number plate stickers, lapel badge and the spare baddie. The name Playcraft was dropped from packaging after this issue, returning to the original trading name of Mettoy Ltd Chapter FOUR - The Cost Cutting 1976 - 1977 In 1976 the DB5 underwent a third retooling .

Although virtually identical to its 1968 predecessor, cost cutting activities meant that this version was released with fixed number plates and no tyre slashers, although it still retained all the gadgets first found on the original 1965 model. 1976 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 270 - scale 1/43 - WhizzWheels In addition to these changes, the metal spoke wheels and rubber tyres were replaced and moulded plastic took their place with a plated centre giving the appearance of a separate wheel. It is possible that to make space within the chassis for this different wheel design the model also now came sporting flared wheel arches! The 1976 box contained no “Secret Instructions”, these were now printed on the revers of the box with a photo of the car with all gadgets deployed. The spare baddie was now placed within a hole in the side of the box interior. This model stayed in production until late 1977 and was the last James Bond DB5 (or at least for the next 20 years) to be made in the 1:43 scale.

Chapter FIVE - The END of the Mettoy 1978 - 1983 By 1977 the majority of Mettoy’s Corgi die-casts were 1:36 scale and if the James Bond DB5 was to stay in production, it needed to fall in line. So the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 was retooled for the 4th time and the C271 was released in May 1978 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) at a cost £3.00. Now 130mm in length, the model also featured the return of the Aston Martin winged badge on the bonnet and the addition of the DB5 badge on the wings and boot. 1978 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 271 - scale 1/36 The quality in this retooling did not leave us with the same standard of model of the previous versions. The machine guns no longer protruded from behind the indicators as in the “real” car, but now popped out from behind the radiator grill.

Despite the larger scale, the rear bullet proof screen was thinner than before and activated by pressing the extended sections of rear bumper rather than the exhaust pipes in the earlier model. The front bumper design was different too. The figures of bond and the baddie had less paint, relying on black and blue coloured plastic to provide colour to their suites while shirts, face & hands were painted. The centre plated wheels were of the then must have four spoke “WhizzWheels” design. This model stayed in production through many box variations and changes in company ownership until 1990, when production at Swansea ceased and moved to China. The early models shared the same black/yellow boxes as 1:43 scale model, even down to the mistake of referencing a picture of its predecessor, but had ‘1:36’ printed on the window tag to highlight the change in scale. Later C271 models came in black/yellow boxes omitting the window tag and the final boxes were black/red/yellow. 1978 - Corgi James Bond D.B.

5 - N° 271 - scale 1/36 The model was re-issued again in 1981, identical to the earlier 1978 issue, but the packaging (still depicting the 1:43 scale model) now had the operating features highlighted on the front header card and the instructions on the rear panel. Bond now only had face and hands painted and the baddie, still in blue plastic, devoid of any other colour. Two versions were issued, a red or white interior and dished or 4-spoke wheels. 1981 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 271 - scale 1/36 1981 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 1361 - scale 1/36 & 1/64 In 1983 Mettoy re-boxed the C271 and released its final official James Bond Aston martin DB5. The car, with the same variations as the 1981 model, was unchanged. Bond, for the first time, however, together with the baddie came in unpainted blue plastic.

The box had lost its header card, gained a small stand up card stating the title of the model and the secret instructions were now printed on the inside of the box and viewable through the cellophane window. By the end of 1983 Mettoy were in receivership and a buy-out looked to be the only way Corgi could be saved. 1983 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 271 - scale 1/36 Chapter Six - The Corgi Toys 1984 - 1989 In October 1983 Mettoy Company Limited called in the receivers and by March 1984 a management buy-out , led by Mike Rosser, had formed Corgi Toys Limited. 1984 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 271 - scale 1/36 With the contract with Eon effectively terminated on the demise of Mettoy, Corgi Toys had to negotiate the sell off their remaining C271 stocks. Agreement was reached and a new generic “blue” packaging was produced for this purpose.

The name “James Bond Aston Martin 271” appeared in small print on the end flaps, and front of the box. 1985 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 271/1 - scale 1/36 Between 1984 and 1990, Corgi produced one final James Bond Aston Martin packaging variation. With no mention of James Bond on the box, this car was coded 271/1 and was the last 007 die-cast to be made in Gt Britain. This car, as with the previous version, had 4-spoke or dished wheels, with the figure of Bond in black and the baddie in light brown, both in unpainted plastic. In December 1989, the management consortium sold Corgi Toys Limited to the US based toy company Mattel, effectively ending the Gt British manufacture of Corgi toys and its 45 year relationship with Swansea as operations moved to Mattel’s HQ in Leicester and production moved to China.

Chapter Seven - The Mattel Corgi Sales 1989 - 1995 From December 1989, following the management consortium’s sale of Corgi Toys Limited to the US based toy company Mattel, the die-cast operation was allowed to continue as an independent unit under the banner of Corgi Sales Ltd. Mattel’s first James Bond Aston Martin DB5 made in China, used wheels unlike any used before; they were flat, 16mm in diameter as apposed to the normal 18mm and made the car look squat, low and clumsy. It is possible that they were taken from another model awaiting the correct issue to be manufactured. There was no mention of James Bond on the “blue” box and even the wording “Aston Martin” was printed on clear plastic and placed over the name plate on the front of the box. By 1991, Corgi Sales Ltd had agreed their James Bond contract and the James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (94060) was released as part of a ten vehicle collectors series. The Packaging was one which had not been used before for 007.

It was a clear plastic case containing a 007 logo badge printed in black and red on a mirrored finish. The same car was was reissued in 1992 with the logo badge on the left of the car, the 1991 variant had the badge on the right hand side. 1991 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 94060 - scale 1/36 - Badge left 1992 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 94060 - scale 1/36 - Badge right Manufactured in China, both models came with 7-spoke wheels and a baddie in dark brown plastic. Apart from these changes, the car was identical to that last issued from the Swansea factory. To celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the film Goldfinger, Corgi issued their current DB5 model as a gold plated limited edition collector’s item. Released in 1993, a year early, the model sold out before it reached the stores, very few even appearing on the shelves.

Its initial retail price of £19.99 almost doubled within 6 weeks of its launch. 1993 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 96445 - scale 1/36 - 30 Th Anniversary Goldfinger Corgi’s original plan had been to provide the car a brass finish, but due to an early press report stating that the car would be gold-plated, there was no option other than to face possible legal action. It is rumoured that Corgi had difficulties in the plating process and that only 5,000 were ever completed, however, with my limited certificate stating number 067 out of 7,500 produced how true can this be? The packaging was the most superior for some time, including a photograph of one of the “real” James Bond DB5s of the ‘60s (taken from the cover of Dave Worrall’s book The Most Famous Car In The World - the complete history of the James Bond DB5”. Interestingly, Dave Worrall also wrote the brief history which appears on the back of the box too.

The only difference between this and the then current model was that both Bond and the baddie had hand painted hair, face & hands. The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (94060) was re-issued again in 1994. It was identical to the 30th Anniversary model, less the gold, and retailed for £6.99. 1994 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 94060 - scale 1/36 - with snow diorama The box featured a film strip artwork with the Q gadget operations displayed in each frame. The interior artwork depicted a mountain scene as a back drop to the model, reminiscent of Bonds journey tailing Goldfinger through the Alps in the 1964 film. The back of the box continued with more frame by frame instructions and for the first time on a 007 Corgi, an actual picture of the car from the film. Chapter Eight - The Corgi Classics 1995 - 2008 In August 1995 Corgi management bought back its independence from Mattel and Corgi Classics Limited was formed.

Corgi Classics successfully created a brand that managed to establish itself as the market leader in the adult die-cast collectable market. In January 1995 it was announced that in the next James Bond film, GoldenEye, Bond would be reunited with his Aston Martin from Goldfinger. Cue a new Corgi variant! Released as part of the Corgi Classics range, the new Aston Martin DB5 (96657) was simply the current model repackaged in a window box featuring GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan as Bond taken from an early film teaser poster. For some reason, however, Corgi printed this picture of Brosnan in reverse! 1995 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 96657 - scale 1/36 The prototype box carried Mattel’s name, which was later changed as when the car was eventually released in December 1995, Corgi were no longer part of Mattel.

1995 was a bumper year for Bond and Corgi fans alike, as not only did they have the DB5 back on the screen but Corgi also decided to reintroduce the original 1:43 scale model as a limited edition in two versions. The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (96655) was available in silver, just the same as its 1968 counterpart, complete with tyre slashers and revolving number plates. The detail is good, but not quite as crisp as the 1968 version, the door line mouldings for instance stop short of the top of the door, unlike the original. It has real rubber tyres but does not have the words “Corgi Toys” moulded into them. The front number plate housing is larger than the original and the rear light cluster is painted red, amber & white while the original’s were all red. The base of the car has the words “Made in China” embossed and is silver and not grey as on the original. 1995 - Corgi James Bond D.B.

5 - N° 96655 - scale 1/43 The secret instructions were reproduced and contained within a reproduction envelope just as back in 1968 although they are printed in silver and not red. With the instructions was found a spare baddie but no number plate stickers this time. The number plates were already in place but unlike the 1968 edition, these have remained faithful to the film. The box containing the car was even similar in style to the 1973 issue. The issue was limited to 29,000 pieces world wide and retailed for £19.99 when launched in December 1995. My model pictured above is model number 14,622 of 29,000. The James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (96656) was the second special edition released in December 1995, as a gold plated version of the silver 96655. It came mounted on a plastic plinth and within a clear plastic display box. 1995 - Corgi James Bond D.B.

5 - N° 96656 - scale 1/43 - Gold plated This issue was limited to a production run of 19,000 world wide and retailed for £24.99 when launched in December 1995. My model pictured left is model number 12,641 of 19,000. In 1997 Corgi created a James Bond Collection 007 set of models and the DB5 was included. The Aston Martin DB5 & Oddjob (04201) model was 1:43 scale from the same mould as the 1995 models but was painted in metallic gold similar to the 1965 original rather than the gold plate of later limited editions. The DB5 is accompanied in the collectors box by a 54mm white metal figure of Oddjob, Bond’s adversary from the film Goldfinger. In 1999 Corgi Classics returned with two releases, these were basically re-release of the 1995 1:36 standard silver model and the 1:43 gold plated special edition.

The 1:36 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 was packaged in black and red with as in 1995 a picture of Brosnan as Bond but this time facing the correct way. The 1:43 James Bond Aston Martin DB5 (04202) was released for the 35th Anniversary of Goldfinger, and limited to 6,900 pieces. This differed slightly from the the earlier version, with the outer packaging being green/white/gold and the rear tyre slashers were in black plastic and the baddie was dressed in brown rather than his original blue suit. 1999 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 4202 - scale 1/43 - 35 Th Anniversary Goldfinger The gold plate 40th Anniversary Edition (CC004307) was released by Corgi in 2005. 12,000 1:36 scale pieces were produced. Sharing the same detailed diecast mould as the gold variant, Corgi produced a silver model as a special edition for Marks & Spencer.

This model was released in a clear plastic display case, similar to that used by Matel in 1991/92, but replacing the badge of that era with a 007 leather key ring. In 2007 Corgi released the Directors Cut versions of the Thunderball and Casino Royale DB5 models and the Sean Connery Limited Edition Era Set. This latter box set included a 1:36 scale Aston Martin DB5 and the Rolls Royce III Sedance de Ville from the film Goldfinger. Only 1,500 sets were produced worldwide and are a valuable addition to anyone’s collection. 1999 - Corgi James Bond D.B. 5 - N° 04303 - scale 1/36 2002 - Corgi James Bond D.B.

5 - N° 04303 - scale 1/36 British Association of Toy Retailers 50th Anniversary Presented at the BATR Dinner in January 2000 Chapter NINE - The Hornby Years 2008 On 1st May 2008 Hornby Plc, the international models and collectibles group, acquired Corgi Classics, agreeing to buy the brand, tooling, and intellectual property rights from Corgi International Limited, for £7.5 million. Hornby planned to build on Corgi's core market of adult male collectors in Britain and attract younger and more international customers. To celebrate the release of the 22nd James Bond film, in November 2008, Hornby launched its 007 Quantum of Solace Scalextric set, appealing to fans both young and old. The new set contained the stunning, Aston Martin DBS V12 Bond car, ahead of the sleek Alfa Romeo 159 in hot pursuit.

In June 2009, having secured the licensing to continue production of the James Bond models, Corgi released two separate series, the 1:36 scale and the ‘fit the box’. Each having their own section in the July - December 2009 catalogue they featured the most popular vehicles from the James Bond films. The ‘fit the box’ series, each with a size of around 4 inches, comprised a rerelease in June 2009 of 10 vehicles in a blister pack for £4.99 and a film canister set containing 8 of the 10 models, first released in 2005, costing in 2009 a penny shy of £40. The addition to the set was the Quantum of Solace Aston Martin DBS, TY 96702, which having been retooled from the Casino Royale DBS, did not arrive in shops until the October.

The 1:36 scale complement of 13 models, including the two Aston Martin DB5 variants from Goldfinger CC 04306 and Casino Royale CC 04309 , and 4 James Bond Limited Edition Era sets were also scheduled for release in June. Because the Aston Martin DBS, CC 03802, was to receive a completely new and highly detailed interior and seated bond figure, this model did not arrive in stores until early December, but just in time for Christmas! The 4 James Bond Limited Edition Era sets first seen in 2005, centred on the popular James Bond actors, Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan and, most recently and new to this collection, Daniel Craig. Each limited edition set came with 2 cars most representative of the movies in which they starred and with a hefty price tag of £34.99. In these Era sets, Corgi included a set of 4 miniature movie posters in place of the movie booklets which accompanied the 2005 releases.

Oddly, rather than the catalogue picturing the Casino Royal version of the DB5 for inclusion in the Daniel Craig set, Corgi paired the Quantum of Solace retooled DBS with the Gold Finger DB5 as included with the Sean Connery set; this was however, corrected on release of the actual models. Hornby to make James Bond branded products for new movie Spectre in its Corgi and Scalextric toys based in Margate and Hersden, Canterbury Hornby to make James Bond branded products for new movie Spectre in its Corgi and Scalextric toys based in Margate and Hersden, Canterbury 08 December 2014 cprice@thekmgroup.co.uk Model manufacturer Hornby is once again working with the spy who loves them after securing a worldwide licence to make James Bond-themed products. The Margate-based company, which has its warehouse operations in Hersden, Canterbury, will make branded Corgi and Scalextric toys with the rights to the new James Bond film Spectre, due for release late next year. It continues a long-running association with the character created by Ian Fleming, who lived partly in St Margaret’s Bay overlooking the White Cliffs of Dover.

Hornby has a long-running association with making James Bond-themed toys Corgi made a replica of the Aston Martin DB5 from Goldfinger, which Hornby chief executive Richard Ames said won “the very first toy of the year award in 1965”. The new range is already under development and will be on display at the London Toy Fair in January with shipments beginning in the second half of next year. Mr Ames said: “James Bond has been a fantastic licensed partnership for our brands going back over 50 years. “Scalextric sets featuring the James Bond movie vehicles are always popular with our consumers and we are looking forward to seeing the new cars featured in the film.” Related Stories 24 Nov 2014

Question: Which company who make toy cars and other models won the first toy of the year award in 1965 for a model Aston Martin from the first James Bond film?
Answer: Corgi